Officials also noted that since the beginning of 2018, there have been 49 failure to stop and render aide reports and more than 1,000 reports involving motorists leaving the scene of a crash.

Walsh’s stepfather, Jay Brady, said his stepson was covered in blood when he finally made it home.

“He probably had a ball-pin hammer-sized chunk of his leg missing,” said Brady to KXAN. “He just screaming blood-curdling screams.”

Walsh’s mother was in disbelief on how a driver could just strike a child without seeing if they were okay.

“He could have been dead on the side of the road because somebody just took off, because they didn’t care enough to even go check on him. They just took off, what kind of person does that?” asked Heather Brady to KXAN. “Somebody out there knows something and we just want that person to come forward so we can solve this and we can get justice for our 10-year-old son.”

KXAN reported Walsh was taken to hospital where he received stitches for a non-life threatening injury. He’s currently at home recovering and using crutches to get around.